ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_loadbalancer_rule_member – Manages load balancer rule members on Apache CloudStack based clouds.

Note

This plugin is part of the ngine_io.cloudstack collection (version 2.2.2).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install ngine_io.cloudstack.

To use it in a playbook, specify: ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_loadbalancer_rule_member.

New in version 0.1.0: of ngine_io.cloudstack

Synopsis

  • Add and remove load balancer rule members.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 2.6

  • cs >= 0.9.0

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

account

string

Account the rule is related to.

api_http_method

string

HTTP method used to query the API endpoint.

If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_METHOD env variable is considered.

Choices:

  • get ← (default)

  • post

api_key

string / required

API key of the CloudStack API.

If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_KEY env variable is considered.

api_secret

string / required

Secret key of the CloudStack API.

If not set, the CLOUDSTACK_SECRET env variable is considered.

api_timeout

integer

HTTP timeout in seconds.

If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_TIMEOUT env variable is considered.

Default: 10

api_url

string / required

URL of the CloudStack API e.g. https://cloud.example.com/client/api.

If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_ENDPOINT env variable is considered.

api_verify_ssl_cert

string

Verify CA authority cert file.

If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_VERIFY env variable is considered.

domain

string

Domain the rule is related to.

ip_address

aliases: public_ip

string

Public IP address from where the network traffic will be load balanced from.

Only needed to find the rule if name is not unique.

name

string / required

The name of the load balancer rule.

poll_async

boolean

Poll async jobs until job has finished.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

project

string

Name of the project the firewall rule is related to.

state

string

Should the VMs be present or absent from the rule.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

vms

aliases: vm

list / elements=string / required

List of VMs to assign to or remove from the rule.

zone

string

Name of the zone in which the rule should be located.

Required when the LB provider is ElasticLoadBalancerVm

Notes

Note

  • A detailed guide about cloudstack modules can be found in the CloudStack Cloud Guide.

  • This module supports check mode.

Examples

- name: Add VMs to an existing load balancer
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_loadbalancer_rule_member:
    name: balance_http
    vms:
      - web01
      - web02

- name: Remove a VM from an existing load balancer
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_loadbalancer_rule_member:
    name: balance_http
    vms:
      - web01
      - web02
    state: absent


# Rolling upgrade of hosts
- hosts: webservers
  serial: 1
  pre_tasks:
    - name: Remove from load balancer
      ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_loadbalancer_rule_member:
        name: balance_http
        vm: "{{ ansible_hostname }}"
        state: absent
  tasks:
    # Perform update
  post_tasks:
    - name: Add to load balancer
      ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_loadbalancer_rule_member:
        name: balance_http
        vm: "{{ ansible_hostname }}"
        state: present

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

account

string

Account the rule is related to.

Returned: success

Sample: “example account”

algorithm

string

Load balancer algorithm used.

Returned: success

Sample: “source”

cidr

string

CIDR to forward traffic from.

Returned: success

Sample: “0.0.0.0/0”

description

string

Description of the rule.

Returned: success

Sample: “http load balancer rule”

domain

string

Domain the rule is related to.

Returned: success

Sample: “example domain”

id

string

UUID of the rule.

Returned: success

Sample: “a6f7a5fc-43f8-11e5-a151-feff819cdc9f”

name

string

Name of the rule.

Returned: success

Sample: “http-lb”

private_port

integer

Private IP address.

Returned: success

Sample: 80

project

string

Name of project the rule is related to.

Returned: success

Sample: “Production”

protocol

string

Protocol of the rule.

Returned: success

Sample: “tcp”

public_ip

string

Public IP address.

Returned: success

Sample: “1.2.3.4”

public_port

integer

Public port.

Returned: success

Sample: 80

state

string

State of the rule.

Returned: success

Sample: “Add”

tags

list / elements=string

List of resource tags associated with the rule.

Returned: success

Sample: “[ { \”key\”: \”foo\”, \”value\”: \”bar\” } ]”

vms

list / elements=string

Rule members.

Returned: success

Sample: “[ \”web01\”, \”web02\” ]”

zone

string

Name of zone the rule is related to.

Returned: success

Sample: “ch-gva-2”

Authors

  • Darren Worrall (@dazworrall)

  • René Moser (@resmo)